Stored heat cooking utensil

Abstract

A stored heat cooking utensil is provided which consists of an outer container, a cooking vessel, a heat storage element, a lid for enclosing the outer container and cooking vessel, a handle for manipulating the cooking vessel and the heat storage element, and a container handle which serves as a carrying handle for the cooking utensil and a lid securing device. The outer container consists of an insulated container having a tapered interior metal lining with an upwardly directed projection in the bottom. Projecting ears are provided on opposite sides of the container for attachment of the container handle in the form of a rope. The heat storage element is a disk of soapstone having a metal band around its exterior perimeter having its side perpendicular to the stone's top and bottom. The cooking vessel is a metal container having tapered sides. It has a pair of slots in its walls. A projecting rib extends around the perimeter of the vessel bottom. The upper rim has a projecting rolled edge. The lid with a handle is insulated and has a tapered projecting central portion on its bottom surface. A groove on the under side of the lid receives the upper edge of the liner of the outer container. The combined heat storage element and cooking vessel lifting handle is in the form of an elongated rod with a central loop and a projection on one end.

We claim: 
     
       1. Stored heat cooking utensil comprising: (a) a heat storage element having a bottom surface and means for lifting it;   (b) an insulating outer container having an opening in its top and an interior surface with a bottom for supporting the heat storage element;   (c) a cooking vessel having an opening in its top and receivable within the outer container above the heat storage element and having a surrounding side wall with two openings diametrically opposite one another;   (d) an insulating lid having an outer container contacting portion which encloses the outer container to prevent the escape of heat; and   (e) a combined heat storage element and cooking vessel lifting handle including an elongated member having a resilient central loop and two oppositely directed projecting ends on either side of the loop each engagable in the openings in the wall of the cooking vessel from the interior of the vessel and having an end of one of the projecting ends which has an angular projection for engagement in the heat storage element lifting means in order to lift the heat storage element by use of the handle.